Economics

Gender differences in the laboratory: evidence from prisoner's dilemma games

Article Abstract:

One of the most typical claims featured in the body of popular psychology literature is that men and women possess disparate perceptions of their environment. A laboratory experiment was therefore conducted to investigate a scenario involving gender differences. A prisoner's dilemma-type game was used to test the argument that women exhibit more cooperative behavior than do men. Both the initial cooperation rates of men and women and their learning behavior across rounds were also examined.

A non-sequential model is used to investigate the role played by interpersonal influences and mimetism in financial dynamics. The model is employed in analyzing the herd behavior and informational cascades for a group of people, with each individual deciding whether to adopt or reject a certain behavior. Results show that the behavior of each individual in the group is affected by relative weight he assigns to the different sources of information.

A game-theoretic explanation of the administrative lattice in institutions of higher learning

Article Abstract:

Research is presented concerning the development of a game-theoretic model of an academic organization. The interaction between professors, administrative staff and prototypical overseers is discussed.